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TGO Collective and Cepromusic to present experimental concert at Bellas Artes

From El Universal · () Spanish

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  • Oaxaca's TGO Collective and the Cepromusic Ensemble will present an experimental concert at Mexico City's Palacio de Bellas Artes.
  • The program combines traditional Indigenous music performed by women with contemporary music through improvisation and extended violin techniques.
  • The works draw on the sounds of Mixtec language, weaving, nature and other cultural practices.

The sounds of Mixtec language, Indigenous traditions and women’s weaving will become musical material at an experimental concert by Oaxaca’s TGO Collective and the Cepromusic Ensemble at Bellas Artes.

The concert, directed artistically by Patricia García, Rubén Luengas and José Luis Castillo, brings together traditional Indigenous music made by women and contemporary music through improvisation. TGO is a collective of women violinists from Oaxaca. Its name comes from a Mixtec violinist who disguised herself as a man in the 18th century so she could play.

Luengas said the musicians are not simply arranging traditional sones for a large orchestra. They are exploring the sounds of their cultures, instruments, languages and occupations, including the sounds of a woman working with a backstrap loom. Some works place the sounds of languages at the center, including Mixtec, a tonal language with what Luengas described as an implicit musical system.

Everything here is experimental. We are not bringing the sones and orchestrating them for a large orchestra.

· Rubén LuengasHe explained how the concert will explore cultural sounds rather than simply arrange traditional music.

The program includes "Tres sones de Danza de Malinches mixe," "Yaa Kusún Kuatyi. Arrullo mixteco para dormir a un nene," Luengas's "Tu'un ì" and "TGO," and Mauricio Rodríguez's "Cuerpo Telar." Traditional works will be approached through improvisation, while the violinists will explore extended playing techniques.

The concert is scheduled for September 5 at 7 p.m. in the Principal Hall of the Palace of Fine Arts.

We are making use of the sonic environment around us: the sounds of language, occupations and nature.

· Rubén LuengasHe described the sources of the concert's musical material.
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